linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] eventfs: Rewrite to simplify the code (aka: crapectomy)

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Message-ID: <20240131141751.3caf42a1@gandalf.local.home>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 14:17:51 -0500
From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Masami Hiramatsu
 <mhiramat@...nel.org>, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>, Mathieu
 Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>, Christian Brauner
 <brauner@...nel.org>, Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, Ajay Kaher
 <ajay.kaher@...adcom.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/7] eventfs: Rewrite to simplify the code (aka:
 crapectomy)

On Wed, 31 Jan 2024 13:49:18 -0500
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org> wrote:

> I would like to have this entire series go all the way back to 6.6 (after it
> is accepted in mainline of course) and replace everything since the creation
> of the eventfs code.  That is, stable releases may need to add all the
> patches that are in fs/tracefs to make that happen. The reason being is that
> this rewrite likely fixed a lot of hidden bugs and I honestly believe it's
> more stable than the code that currently exists.

If there is no more issues found here, and Linus pulls it into 6.8, I'll
make the backport series for both 6.7 and 6.6.

-- Steve